Athletic shoe



@du E3, R925 ATHLETIC SHOE Film1 July 14 19212 Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

DNIEL J. GOLDEN, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATHLETIC SHOE.

Application led July 14, 1924. Serial- No. 725,755.

To all whom t may conce/Nt.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. GOLDEN, citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Athletic Shoes,

f of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoes for use by -players of baseball/and other athletic games,

provided with ground-engaging cleats or spurs projecting outward from the tread surfaces.

` The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction providing for the secure attachment of the cleats to the shoe in such manner that the cleats are firmly supported against tipping and endwise dfsl placement, without obstruction of the tread surface between the cleats by cleat-attaching protuberances liable to retain mud, the cleats being secured independently of each other, so that there are no, cleat-securing instrumentalities on the tread surface extending from cleat to cleat and liable to be broken by exure of the tread surface.

I attain this and other related objects by the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings formingv a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of ashoe embodying-the invention.

vFigure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Flgure 1.

Figuresy 3 and 4 show separately the structures shown assembled' by Figure 2.

Figure isa perspective view of one of the reinforcing plates shown by Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the cleats. Y l

Figure 7 is a bottom view of one of the tread members.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

The preferred construction of a shoe embodying the invention, includes a sole 12 and an upper'13. These parts may be assembled and connected in any suitable manner prior to the application of the tread members and outer shank portion herein-l after described, the arrangement'being such that the outer surface of the sole is 'entirely outside the upper. 14l designatesl a fore part tread member formed, in this instance,

vanchoring plates as a tap. 15 designates a heel tread mem- 4 ber formed as a heel lift. The members 14 and 15 are preferably of sole leather and each is provided with. a` plurality of orifices 16 arranged as shown by Figure 7. The tread members are preferably connected by a shank portion 17 of more flexible leather united to the adjacent ends of the tread members by suitable fastenings` such as 4stitches 18.

In the orifices 16 are insertedv screwthreaded shanks 19 formed on cleats or lspurs 20'which project from the tread face.

The cleats are provided with bases 21 bear- `ing on the outer surface of the tread mem- .tapped orifices coinciding with the orifices 16 and engaged with the Shanks 19. The cleats are firmly braced against tipping displacement by the bearing f their bases 21 on the outer surface of the tread member 14 and by the engagement of their shanks 19 with the anchoring plates 23. Owing to the described construction, the portion of thetread face between vthe cleats is free'ffrom protuberances liable to retain mud in the spaces between the cleats. This feature particularly commen-ds the shoe to base ball players who are freed from the necessity of dislodging mud from said spaces.

To support the cleats and the anchoring members against inward displacement ,tending to cause an inward ybulging of the member 14 and the sole 12, I .provide the sole with thin sheet metal reinforcing plates 25 which are of smaller area than the tread members and of larger area than the anchoring plates 'and are seated on the outer face of the sole 12 in position to support the 23. The reinforcing plates are laid upon the sole 12 before the tread members are applied, andare prefer.-

,ably provided with spurs 26 which are structure.- .Anv other or additional fastenings may be employed, such as rivets 29 shown by Figure 1.

The anchoring plates 23 have extended bearing on the reinforcing plates 25 and on the inner surfaces of the tread members, so that the reinforcing plates, which are of much larger area` than the anchoring plates, prevent tipping movements of the anchoring plates, while the anchoring plates and the bases 21 of the cleats prevent tipping movements of the cleats on the tread members.

It will be seen that the anchoring plates 23 are Wholly on the inner surfaces of the tread members and do not project into the orifices 16 thereof. The area of the cleat bases 21 is such that they constitute clamping -bases bearing on the outer surfaces of the tread members around the orifices 16, and acting, when the shanks 19 are screwed fully in, to compress the portions of the tread members in which the orifices are formed, so that the Walls of the orifices are pressed against the threaded Shanks 19 and prevent accidental unscrewing rotation of the latter.

I claim: A

An athletic shoe comprising a sole and an upper connected thereto, the'outer surface of the sole being entirely outside the upper,

plate secured to the a flexible reinforcing on the outer surface outer sole and seate thereof, an apertured tread member secured Y to the sole and having orifices extending from its outer to its inner surface, fiat anchoring plates seated on the innersurface of the tread member and riveted to the latter, said plates bearing on the reinforcing plate and being provided with tapped orifices coinciding with the orifices in the tread -member, and cleats having threaded Shanks inserted in the orifices of the tread member and engaged Witlrthe tapped orifices of the anchoring plates, said cleats having clamp ing bases bearing on the outer surface of the tread member around the orifices in the llatter and compressing the portions of the tread member in which said orifices are formed, so that the walls ofthe orifices are pressed against the threaded Shanks' and prevent accidental unscrewing rotation of.

DANIEL J. GOLDN, 

